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i BUNG. l No. 358,387. l Patented Feb. 22, 1887A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo CHRISTOPHER G. DODGE, JR., OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO HIMSELF, WILLIAM E. DODGE, AND FREDERICK A. DODGE, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION Aforming part of Letters Patent No. 358,387, dated February 22l 1887.

Application tiled February I5, 1886. Renewed January 24, 1887. Serial No. 225,378. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHRISTOPHER G. DODGE, Jr., a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vent- Bangs and FaucetPlugs for Aleaud Beer Kegs or Barrels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a description of the same.

This invention relates to an improved ventio bung and faucet-plug.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of the ventbung; Fig. 2, aperspective view of the faucetplug; Fig. 3, a perspective View of the metallic web or disk, Fig. 4, a sectional perspectiveview of vent-bung, showing web or disk in place; and Fig. 5 a sectional perspective View of faucet-plug, showing web or disk in place. y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents a Wooden ring of suitable dimensions, and B a metallic web or disk, which is rmly joined tothe ring A, as shown atc c, Figs. 4 and 5.

In joining the metallic web or disk B to t-he wooden ring A, I proceed as follows: The metallic web or disk B is turned at the outer edge at right angles with the face, forming a flange,

3o as shown at d, Figs. 3, 4, and 5. It is then placed upon the ring Aat the proper point,

flange down, and firmly pressed or driven into the Wood, as shown at c, Figs. 4 and 5; or an incision may be made and the flange of the web forced into it, thus forming the single article described. y

By the combination of the wooden ring A and the metallic web or disk B in one article, as shown, Iobtain a vent-bung or faucet-plug that can be furnished at a low cost, one that 4o guards against change of' contents of package by absorption, as often occurs when ventbungs or faucet-plugs made wholly of wood are employed, and one which admits of rapid and convenient tapping or venting of thc keg or barrel.

I do not herein claim the wooden ring or metallic web or disk, as each is covered and protected in a patent granted to me January 19, 1886, No. 334,520.

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a wooden bung having an aperture for a faucet or a vent plug, and a metallic web having a flange, the two elements being secured together by the engagement of the fiange with the walls of an incision in the bung, for the purpose set forth.'

CHRISTOPHER G. DODGE, JH. VVitn ess'es:

JN0. T. MADDoX, FRED. A.DoDGE. 

